28th December, The Nutcracker ballet at the Auditorio Víctor Villegas in Murcia

The Compañía Nacional de Danza on stage at the main auditorium in the city of Murcia

Spain’s Compañía Nacional de Danza, directed by Joaquín de Luz, perform the Nutcracker, arguably the best loved ballet in the world, in a version based on the adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale by Marius Petipa, taking the audience to a magical universe of dreams, wishes and fantasies.

The action is set around the year 1910 and the production is designed to appeal to theatregoers of all ages as the focus shifts from the real world to the world of dreams, providing appetizing pre-Christmas entertainment at the Auditorio Víctor Villegas.

Director Joaquín de Luz was a student of Víctor Ullate, the first director of the CND, and moved on to the international stage after winning the gold medal at the Nureyev Ballet competition in Budapest. In 1996 he joined the Pennsylvania Ballet, where he appeared in the classics Diana y Acteon, Coppelia and Sleeping Beauty, but the key to his career was a move to the New York City Ballet as soloist in 2003. He remained there until 2018, before returning to Spain as director of the CND the following year.

The performance at the Auditorio Víctor Villegas in Murcia begins at 20.00 with tickets priced at between 25 and 45 euros. Alternatively, this is the fourth of seven events in the 2019-20 Dance cycle at the auditorium, and season tickets can be purchased for between 100 and 177 euros, a saving of 30% on individual ticket prices: click for further information.

Ticket purchase information:

* Tickets for this individual event will not be on sale until the end of July, after which details will appear on this page.

* In the box office of the auditorium on Avenida Primero de Mayo (open September to July between 9.00 and 14.00 Monday to Friday and two hours before performances).